Jack Yan on Vox

Capt Kirk gets off a speeding ticket

2008-05-11T00:14:58Z

Just as I finished writing about Philip Glenister getting his driver off a ticket by acting as Gene Hunt, I surfed over to an article about Canadian actor William Shatner linked from the Daily Mail page I cited earlier: http://www.dailymail.co.uk...

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It’s reached the Olympics—Edison Chen scandal fallout continues

2008-02-26T11:24:32Z

If you thought the story of Amir Massoud Tofangsazan was embarrassing, what if something similar happened to a celebrity? Over the last few weeks, the Edison Chen scandal has rocked Hong Kong and even affected the Beijing Olympics. Chen, a ...

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Richardson case like Terri Schiavo’s; meanwhile, Canadian doctors want to euthanase elderly man

2008-02-02T22:43:31Z

I have been reading about Terri Schiavo again after learning of two new cases on the Jus Me Again blog. I was against the removal of Terri’s feeding tube. I’ll come right out and say that now. However, I did not believe Michael Schiavo should ...

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Eating Stories

2008-01-29T10:57:39Z

My friend and distant relative May Yan contributed to this new book on Chinese cuisine, called Eating Stories: a Chinese Canadian and Aboriginal Potluck. It’s important for those of us in the diaspora not to lose some of our good eating habits ...

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Farewell Miss Moneypenny

2007-09-30T22:42:55Z

Actress Lois Maxwell, who played Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond films from Dr No to A View to a Kill, has passed away in Fremantle, Western Australia, aged 80. She had moved to Australia to be closer to her son after being diagnosed with cancer,...

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The bad poetry of Hubbards cereal

2007-09-29T00:31:37Z

A question to Canadian New Zealanders, especially older ones who might get the reference: is the Hubbards (or, in my world, Hubbard’s) cereal Clipboard newsletter our equivalent of your Royal Bank Letter? In such a case, it should have its own ...

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Charlie and Broken Trees

2007-09-06T06:19:58Z

The following films by Rob Hickling star my friend Ian O’Briain, who had to gain weight for his role of Charlie in a minute-long film of the same name. The first film was entered in the International Film Minute Contest and placed fourth. Now, the...

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Fun at Canada’s Camp Okutta with AK-47s, mines and grenades

2007-08-25T00:52:23Z

This Canadian campaign has caused people to be up in arms—well, those who didn’t see that it is a satirical campaign raising awareness of the use of child soldiers in war zones all over the world. It was sent to me by Helen Cameron, a long-time...

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What are your top TV crybaby moments?

2007-06-14T05:43:12Z

I rather like Manon-It-All’s Vox post, ‘Top 5 Crybaby Television Moments’. It did dawn on me that I have not seen ER, Roseanne or Everybody Loves Raymond—the latter was on TV2 in New Zealand on Sunday afternoons for ages where it could not be foun...

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Back from Facebook

2007-05-21T11:56:58Z

If anyone is wondering where I have been, the answer is Facebook. Darn, that site is addictive. There are groups on there as well as a social-networking function, and my opinion (with my initial opposition) has turned 180 degrees thanks to Faceboo...

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